Report: Immokalee teen shoots self in thigh

A 16-year-old boy in Immokalee told authorities he shot himself in the thigh, according to a report from the Collier County Sheriff's Office.

Authorities were called out to a home on the 1000 block of 1st Street and found the teen lying on the couch in a living room with a small hole in his thigh with blood around it.

The teen told authorities he was at the residence and went into his great-grandmother's bedroom and removed a gun from under her mattress. Then he went into his bedroom and looked at the revolver, according to the report.

"Unsure whether or not the revolver was load[ed], he pulled the trigger subsequently discharging a round into his right thigh. Eric advised he called his great grandma and his grandma to tell them what happened," the report reads.

No crime or arrest is noted, the injury was listed as serious and the victim was treated in the hospital, according to the report.